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Claudio Castillo was born in Havana Cuba in 1958. He grew up and studied in Spain, France and England, and started technology and video companies in London, Madrid and New York. He lives and works in Miami Florida as an artist, animator, cameraman and television editor.

He has exhibited his generative and interactive work in International Art fairs and Museums in Europe the US and China. His work combines traditional watercolors techniques with the latest cutting edge technologies in Computer graphics. His watercolor work is animated and composited in real time to create impermanent artwork that is fleeting yet tied to natural cycles such as the moon and tides. He also uses RSS feeds of financial, news and weather data to drive the artwork in real time. He has created custom animated video family portraits. His interest lie in art, video and computer technology.

Education:

Middlesex Polytechnic, London, UK 1981

London International Film School, London, UK 1978-80

Univeriste D’Aix Marseille, France 1977

Awards

Winner of the 2008 Museum of Latin American Art’s award in the category of video and photography.